Window construction for inclined-windshield pillars



I E. G. SIMPSON WINDOW CONSTRUCTION FOR INCLINED WINDSHIELD PILL ARS Filed Jan; 12, 1924 z gwuemtoz 11mg @367? Lshvpfon Patented Oct. 12, 1926.

UNITED STATES 1,602,714 PATENT OFFICE.

EMORY GLENN SIMPSON ,'OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO FISHER BODY COR- PORATION, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

WINDOW CONSTRUCTION FOR INCLINED-WINDSHIELD PILLARS.

Application filed January 12, 1924. Serial No. 685,748.

This invention relates to vehicle body construction and has for its object a combined windshield andfront window construction which is calculated to eliminate the necessity of the ordinary separate triangular win dow construction and extra post construction 'used in practically every closed bod job which is provided with an inclined win shield. It has long been recognized that an 1 inclined front is in many ways desirable in a closed body job. A great many of these inclined fronts are to be seen on the street but all of these that have any substantial inclination utilize an'extra window post and an extra triangular window immediately behind the windshield. This is made necessary in order to get a straight run for the window glass. Without this extra post the front window will be a trapezium, hence when the window is only partially raised it will draw away from the front window post and the runway. It will have no support at the front edge. Furthermore, it will rock back and forth in the plane of the pane. 3 This difficulty has been recognized and an effort made to remedy it in the Maise Patent No. 1,251,551. The arrangement there shownprevents the window rocking or moving in the plane of the window but it does not prevent the window from drawingaway from the front window post in the channel runway. It is the object of my present invention to overcome these disadvantages in a simple but effective way as will be more fully described hereinafter.

In the drawings Fig. 1 is a fragmentary perspective of the front cornervof a closed body.

Fig. 2 is a similar elevation. Fig. 3 is a. section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a section taken on the line 44 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a perspective of the front window pane or slab.

a designates the windshield post, I) the front door, 0 the cowl. d the hood, etc. From roof to cowl the windshield post is inclined substantially three inches although the exact inclination is of course a matter of indifference so far as the spirit of the invention is concerned. The door or window has the two vertical stiles e and f, the header h and the door panel forming the window well into which the glass slab slides. The front window post 7, which is also the doorstile is a fairly wide window post. The window channel in this is cut very shallow at the base of the post and instead of following the inclination of the post rises vertically through the post until it reaches a depth almost the depth of the post as on the section line 33. Here the window channel turns and runs rearwardly at an inclination to the vertical. This, however, is only at the top, one quarter of the window. This will require the slab to cut away at the extreme top, say through a quarter the length of the window or even less. This small cutting away at this point will make the window withdraw slightly from the channel but only at the top of the slab. This is indicated by the dotted line shown inFig. 2, but inasmuch as the greater part of the window is supported at the front edge, this small clearance between the beveled portion and the windowpost will be of no particular consequence.

The amount of cutting away of the top corner of the window slab will depe'ndaltogether upon the circumstances, namely,-the inclination of the windshield pillar and the width of the window post. Inmost cases, however, it will be found desirable to cut away part of the top upper corner.

It is unnecessary specifically to describe the glass runway as this might be of any desirable material. The runway here however, is the runway formed of felt and the window itself is a sashless slab although obviously the window could be suitably sashed. However, at the present time the sashless type is in vogue.

What I claim is 1. In vehicle body construction, the combination of a window frame and window well, one of the posts of the window frame inclined from top to bottom but provided with a window run substantially vertical and running obliquely into the post, and a verticallysliding window raised and lowered from the window well in said vertical run of the post.

2. In vehicle body construction, a. member provided witha window well and a window frame, one of the posts being inclined from front to back but provided withv a vertically directed window run along the window opening, having however, at its top a portion obliquely directed from the vertical and a window guided vertically in said frame and window well, and having its u per corner cut away to fit into the incline portion of the run.

3. In vehicle body construction, a member provided with a window well and a window frame in which one of the posts is inclined from the vertical and has a vertical window runway of substantially shallow depth near the base of the post and substantially great depth near the top of the post, and a window slidable vertically in said well and runway.

4. In vehicle body construction, the combination of a member provided with a window well and a. window frame in which one of the posts is inclined to the vertical and provided with a vertical window runway of shallow depth at the base of the post and a depth approximating the depth of the post near the top of the post, a continuation of the vertical runway at the point of greatest depth being however, inclined from the vertical back towards the inside of the post, and a vertically moving window slidable in said well and runway and having its upper corner cut away to accommodate the inclination at the to of the runway.

5. In a vehicle body construction, the comteoavia bination of an inclined post forming one side of a window frame and provided with a vertically directedrunway in the inclined part of the post and along a greater part of the height of the window opening, and a vertically moving window slidable in said runway.

6. In a vehicle body construction, the combination of an inclined post forming one side of a window frame, and provided with a vertically directed runway along a greater part of the height of the window opening and having a continuation of said runway at the top that inclines rearwardly, and a vertically moving window having its upper front corner cut away and slidable in said runway. y

7. In a vehicle body construction, the combination of an inclined windshield pillar, a window frame to the rear of the illar and provided with an inclined post ad acent the pillar and provided with a vertical window runway in the inclined part of the post and along a greater part of the height of the window opening, and a vertically moving window slidable in said runway.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

EMORY GLENN SIMPSON. 

